Category: Lightfall
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My Quest for Perspective
I want to begin with this image, taken last Saturday morning: That’s what I saw when I walked into the fiction section of the Borders in Tacoma, Washington. I immediately shot the image on my phone cam and sent it to a few dozen people. The attached message was an abbreviated version of the following…
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Well, I Never Been to Heaven…
So, Carv, how was your book tour? Great, fine, fantastic, thank you kindly for asking. How are you? First things first. Thank you so, so much to all the wonderful people and businesses who supported the Lightfall book tour of Oklahoma. As I’ve said many times, this was our shared moment in the literary spotlight,…
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The Oklahoma Book Tour Rolls On!
Tonight, Tuesday the 23rd, 7:00 p.m.: Estep Center, East Central University, Ada. Come on out for a free reading and Q&A, followed by a book signing, followed by trivia at Vintage 22 in the new Ada arts district. Wednesday the 24th, 8:00 a.m., I’ll be on KYKC-FM and its sister station, talking to Mike Manos,…
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Destination: Sugar Roses
Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve updated, but it’s been a busy couple of weeks. I’ve spoken at Rotary Club meetings and an awesome comic shop, Comic Evolution, in Puyallup, Washington. I’ve lined up radio interviews and made a name for myself (some would say a “reputation”) in the Weekly Volcano. I’m seeing and…
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My Agenda
In the days and weeks before my novel hit shelves, I ran into several people who were uncomfortable with its subject matter. It was implied several times that I’d be pushing an atheist agenda. Well, much like Democrats in the Senate, we atheists and agnostics can’t seem to get our act together enough to have…
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Shelf Life
My friend Deya spotted Lightfall in the Borders in Tacoma–our first chain store!–so my girlfriend had to snap a picture while she was in town: She also had a great idea: Next time you’re out and you spot Lightfall, either on a shelf or being read, snap a picture on your cell phone and send…
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Getting Out There
Writers write. That’s fairly obvious, wouldn’t you say? What no one tells you is, writers promote even more than they write. Writers compete for your hard-earned entertainment dollars by “getting out there,” pressing the flesh, reading, signing, speaking, making connections, flirting, picking fights, and just making obnoxious, ubiquitous nuisances of themselves. Such has been my…
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Much Obliged
I feel it behooves me to remind you, as if the news all week hasn’t been sadly insistent, to give what you can toward earthquake relief in Haiti. I know times are tough all over, but the enormity of the disaster there is simply unfathomable, so the Haitian people need all the help they can…
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Controversy!
“People call me rude,” Prince admitted, “I wish we were all nude.” Well, I won’t go that far, but I do think a bit of controversial conversation at the right time, in the right place adds to the spice of life. It is risky. My girlfriend admits that when she read my views on religion…
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This Is Our Apocalypse
Lightfall: Book Trailer from Preston Porter, Partner @ Fear N on Vimeo.